1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index 11281d5792bd..5a651aa63d61 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -360,6 +360,12 @@ static struct taskstats *mk_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, int type, u32 pid)
         struct nlattr *na, *ret;
         int aggr;
 
+        /* If we don't pad, we end up with alignment on a 4 byte boundary.
+         * This causes lots of runtime warnings on systems requiring 8 byte
+         * alignment */
+        u32 pids[2] = { pid, 0 };
+        int pid_size = ALIGN(sizeof(pid), sizeof(long));
+
         aggr = (type == TASKSTATS_TYPE_PID)
                         ? TASKSTATS_TYPE_AGGR_PID
                         : TASKSTATS_TYPE_AGGR_TGID;
@@ -367,7 +373,7 @@ static struct taskstats *mk_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, int type, u32 pid)
         na = nla_nest_start(skb, aggr);
         if (!na)
                 goto err;
-        if (nla_put(skb, type, sizeof(pid), &pid) < 0)
+        if (nla_put(skb, type, pid_size, pids) < 0)
                 goto err;
         ret = nla_reserve(skb, TASKSTATS_TYPE_STATS, sizeof(struct taskstats));
         if (!ret)